In a fast-evolving business environment marked by complex challenges and disruptive technologies, the need for innovation is more critical than ever. This course empowers Senior Leaders to transform their approach to leadership by adopting Design Thinking, a human-centered approach to innovation that focuses on deeply understanding user needs, defining new solutions, and iterating to find the most viable outcomes.
By participating in this course, Senior Leaders will master the techniques of empathetic user research, creative ideation, and practical prototyping to reimagine products, services, and systems, positioning their organizations for future success.
is the Ramakrishna Bajaj Chair Professor and an expert in Mobility & Vehicle Design at IDC School of Design IIT Bombay. Prof Sharma brings over two and half decades of industry and academic experience, having worked with leading automobile manufacturers and now mentoring future leaders in design innovation at IIT Bombay.
Duration: 5 days (14th-18th July 2025)
Mode: Hands On Course - In Person - IIT Bombay Campus (Residential)
Format: Combination of lectures, case studies, and hands-on workshops with a final presentation of concepts developed during the course.
Registrations: Started | Last to Apply: June 15, 2025
This course is ideal for:
CxOs and Senior Executives across functions.
Business Unit Heads & Strategy Leaders.
Corporate Innovators, R&D and Product Heads Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Change Agents.
Leaders shaping digital, Service or Business model transformation.
Lectures and Case Studies: Introduction to the principles of Design Thinking, tools for empathy, ideation, and prototyping.
Hands-on Workshop: Practical experience in each stage of the Design Thinking process—Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test—through individual and team exercises.
Skills Development: Techniques in user research, ideation, and prototyping.
Design Thinking in Practice: Real-world applications of design thinking to organizational challenges, presented through case studies and interactive discussions.
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